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HOW THE WAR 
FOR DEMOCRACY 

CAN BE WON 




ISAAC LOCKHART PEEBLES 

OF T!!l Mi -SSIPPI CONFEHtNfE 



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HOW THE 

WAR FOR DEMOCRACY 

CAN BE WON 



ISAAC LOCKHART PEEBLES 

of the 
MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE 



1918; 

TELL FARMER, PRINTER AND BINDER 
MERIDIAN, MISS. 



Copyright, 1918 

BY 

Isaac Lockhart Peeblks 



APR 29 1918 



'CLA496284 



PREFACE 



Much is being said and written about 
war, and hence we have conchided that a 
Scriptural production on the subject will be 
pertinent just now, and especially helpful 
towards the ending of the one now in pro- 
gress in the orient. Therefore, whatever 
this work shall do towards that end, Ave 
shall gladly give all the glory and honor 
to Almighty God, our Holy Father. 

Isaac Lockhart Peebles 
1522 13th Avenue 
Meridian 
April, 1!)18. Miss. 



CONTEIITS 

Page 
The Occurrence of the Word War in the 

Bible 7 

11. 

The Uses of the Word War in the Bible 7 

III. 

The IMeaning of the Word War 10 

IV. 

How the War for Universal Democracy 

Can Be Won 10 




ISAAC LOCKHART PEEBLES 



HOW TO WIN THE WAR 



I. 

The Occurrence of the Word War in 
the Bible 

The word war occurs 262 times in 8 
forms ill the Bil^le; war, 22(3; wars, 15; war- 
reth, 1; warred, 9; warriiii;', 3; warfare, 5; 
warrior, 1; and warriors, 2 times. Polemos 
is the Greek word for war and it occurs 
300 times in the Bible; 282 times in the Old 
Testament and 18 times in the New Testa- 
ment. Pok'ineo is the CJreek verb for mak- 
ing war and it occurs 172 times in the Bi- 
ble; 165 times in the Old Testament and 7 
times in the New Testament. Other words 
occur in the (ireek for wai", l)ut the noun 
and verl) already mentioned are the prin- 
cipal words for Avar. Mache is used for a 
battle, single engagement, strife, etc. Stra- 
teia is used for warfare, etc.; strateuma 
for an army, soldiers, troops, etc.; strateuo 
used for being a soldier, to serve in war, to 
wage war, to war, etc. 

II. 
The Uses of the Word War in the Bible 

1. It is used in the sense of nations 
using forces and weapons against, each 



8 How TO Win the War 

other in order to their subjection one to 
the other, as when the Kings of Shinar, 
Elam, Elhissar and nations (lil^ely a tribe 
made up of peopk^ from all countries), made 
war with the Kings of Sodom, (lomorrah, 
Admah, Zeboiim and Zoas, (len. l-i:!, 2, in 
order to control them and make them con- 
tribute to their po^ve^, wealth and honor. 

2. The next use made of the word 
Avar, is in the sense of God's destroying the 
enemies of His people, as when jNloses said: 
"The Lord is a man of Avar." Ex. 15:3. He 
thus denominated Him, because after Pha- 
raoh and his host Avere in the midst of the 
Red Sea, Ood brought the tAvo Avails of 
Avater doAvn on them, and drowned cA'ery 
one, so not one escaped. He drowned all 
of them and hence Moses could A^ery Avell 
declare: "The Lord is a man of war." No 
Avarriors cA^er so completely destroyed 
their enemies as God did Pharaoh and his 
host. 

3. The Avord Avar is used in the sense 
of opposing, and also Avithholding good 
from, as Avhen it Avas said of God: "Be- 
cause the Lord hath SAvorn that the Lord 
Avill have Avar Avith Anialek from genera- 
tion to generation." Ex. 17:16. Amalek Avas 
so Avicked as to justify God's treating him 
as He had determined to do. 

4. The ]iext sense in Avhicli Avar is 
used is that of driA^ng back the enemies in 



How TO Win the War 9 

order to safety and self-protection, as in the 
case of the Jews being- ordered to war 
against the invasion of their enemies Avho 
desired to snl^ject and rnle them. 

5. War is nsed in the sense of death 
as when Solomon said: "Neither hath he 
power in the day of death: and there is no 
discharge in that war." Eccl. 8:8. The pos- 
sibility of a discharge in death ceases. 

6. It is nsed in the sense of a strnggie 
against the flesh, the world and the Devil, 
and also, the strnggie to obey (lod and do 
right generally and in every possible way, 
as when Panl wrote to Timothv: "War a 
good warfare." 1. Tim. 1:18. That is, not 
only to l)e snre of the right war to engage 
yon, bnt he snre to nse right weapons and 
right methods. 

7. War is nsed in the sense of nn- 
pleasant contentions and feelings, and too, 
ambitions and selfish raging desires as 
when James wrote: "From whence come 
wars and fightings among yon? Come they 
not hence, even of yonr lusts that war in 
your members f" James 4:1. 

8. It is used in the sense of ])ersecu- 
tions and death of the saints as is declared 
in Revelation: "And it was given unto 
him to make Avar with the saints and over- 
come them." Rev. lo:7. 



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111. 

The Meaning of War 

Tlie word war is tlioiigiit to l)e from 
old French ^^'e^^o, or lilsiel}^ from how Latin 
\ errere, to sweep, to drag away. The Greek 
errein means to perish, to be lost, to disap- 
2)ear wholly, etc. AVar means two forces, 
or a niiion of forces contending for certain 
teiTitoi\v, or territories, or for domination 
over each other, or the prevention of dom- 
ination, or for freedom of one from another, 
or for certain prin('i})les, or rights. It 
means also opposition of good forces 
against the wicked forces, or the opposition 
of wicked forces against the good forces, as 
that of the flesh, world and Devils against 
the Spiritnal and Divine forces. It means 
opposition of righteonsness against wicked- 
ness, or the wicked against the wicked. 
The present war means an effort on the 
part of prepared forces to conqnin-, possess 
and ride irresj^ective of rights. The oppo- 
sition is a \\ar to prevent sncli a course, and 
also, to make it })ossible for the people to 
rule themselves within the limits of relig- 
ious, civic and individual rights. 

IV. 

How the War for Universal Democracy 
Can Be Won 

It looks possil)le for the Allies to win 



How TO Win the War 11 

despite eyerytliiui;- and any thing, Init we 
.-^honld not forget the great nncertainty of 
people right in a critical time, and hence 
the possibility of a defeat, and therefore, 
in order to rnn no risks whatever, and too, 
to bring the war to an innnediate end, let 
ns meet the right conditions in the right 
^yi^y and we shall have no fears al)ont an 
immediate victory. Now, therefore, let ns 
respect the following conditions: 

1. The chief and the real condition 
of onr snccess is fellowship with (Jod and a 
continned increasing faith in Him; for it is 
plainly declared: "The race is not to the 
swift, nor the battle to the strong." Eccl. 
9:11, and also it is written: "For promotion 
Cometh neither from the east, nor from the 
west, nor from the sonth; bnt (lod is the 
Jndge; He pntteth down one, and setteth 
np another." Psa. 75:(),7. At this point 
one might pertinently ask the (jnestion: 
"Will ijod allow the" wicked to prevail?" 
If we ignore the conditions. He might as a 
pnnishment to ns for ignoring the condi- 
tions, and too, being wicked onrselves; jnst 
as He allowed the Ba])ylonians to conqner 
His people, the Jews, in ancient times, and 
pnnish them and snl\ject them to 70 years 
captivity. He allowed that, not l^ecanse 
the Babylonians were right, not at all; bnt 
becanse His own i)eople had ignored i)lain 
conditions, and therefore, had ])ecome 



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wicked tlicniselves, and lieiiee needed a de- 
feat as a punishment. At this time we have 
many good peoj^le, it is true, ])ut if they 
grow careless and self-confident, and sanc- 
tion the wickedness of the wicked, they will 
thereby se})arate themselves from good 
grounds for a hope of winning the present 
war, and hence the possijnlity of a sad 
end. Our enemies have made a god of 
human learning and skill, and therefore let 
us guard against such a misfortune, and 
never allow oiu'selves to trust more in our 
knowledge and skill, not even in our best 
and greatest leaders, than we do God. In 
the sense of trusting great leaders more 
than God, the Bil)le ])laiidy says: "Put not 
vour trust in princes, nor in the son of man." 
Psa. 14(k;). And then urges: "Trust in the 
Iioi'd with all thine heart; and lean not unt(^ 
thine own understanding." Prov. 3:5. And 
as an encouragement to trust God it is de- 
clared: "Whoso putteth his trust in the 
Lord shall l)e safe." Prov. 29:25; and again: 
"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the 
Lord, and whose hope the Lord is." Jer. 
17:7; "Blessed is the nation whose God is 
the Lord." Psa. 33:12. Let it not be for- 
gotten that right trust in God means right 
living. That is, living like God commands 
us to live, and hence we give a summary of 
how God requires us to live. 

L He requires us to reverence His 



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name. We must not profane it, and we 
must love Him more than we do anyone else 
or any tiling else besides. 

2. He requires us to keep the Sab- 
bath holy. The captivity of the Jews was 
due more to disregarding the Sal:>])ath than 
anything else it seems. Read Neh. 13:15, 
1(),17,18. Unless it 1)ecomes rigidly necessary 
we should make no preparations for war on 
(lod's holy day which He requires us to 
regard and keep. It profits and also ex- 
pedites war ])reparations l)y our keeping 
the Sabbath holy. TIk^ best thing for sol- 
diers and the people generally, is for them 
to attend church services and religious 
work generally on (Jod's holy day, and 
thereby equip themselves most surely for 
whatever they have to meet. EememlKn' 
Gideon took only 300 men to conquer their 
enemies who swarmed over their country 
like grassho])|)ers for num]}ers, and yet they 
routed and conquered them in a few hours 
bv the hell) of (Jod. Think of one man 
Samson, killim:- a])out 6,000 enemies at one 
fhjie. Judg. 16:27, and also the thousands of 
Philistines killed and i)ut to flight bv God's 
thundering upon them in answer to Sam- 
uel's prayer. T. Sam. 7:7-13. Think of 
David's wondei'ful victory over the Philis- 
tines by trusting God, or rather, having 
God with him in Avar. I. Sam. 17, and let 
all remember that ( Jod is the same now as 



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then, and too, "For there is no respect of 
persons with (!od." Koni. 2:11. 

:>. (Uh\ coijiniands us to honor our 
fathers and mothers, and therefore will 
visit ns with curses if we dishonor them. 
One of the most hateful things with God is 
for a child not to l)e good to his parents and 
not to ohev them in the Lord. Ex. 20:12. 
Eph. 6:2. 

4. He requires us to love on another 
as ( Christians better than ourselves. John 
18:34,35. 

5. He requires us to love everyone, 
even our enemies. "For if ye love them 
which love you, what thank have ye? for 
sinners also love those that love them." 
Luke 6:32. 

6. Pie requires us to do to others as 
we want them to do to us in all that is right, 
just, courteous and good, and hence Christ 
said: "All things whatsoever ye would 
that men should do to vou, do ve even so to 
them." Matt. 7:12. 

7. (lod does not authorize us to do 
anything that is not for His glory, and 
hence it is written: "Whether therefore 
ve eat or drink, or ^^'hateve^ ve do, do all 
to the glory of God." I. Cor.' 10:31. Our 
eating and drinking, and everything else, 
must be for His glory. That is what He 
created us for. The life that He requires 



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IS wholly uiiselt'isli. Peter says: "Be ye 
holy ill all manner of conversation." I. Pet. 
1:15. We must not be covetous, for covet- 
ousness makes one selfish, greedy and an 
extortioner. He cares little or nothing- for 
others further than he can use them for 
himself, neither does he properly care for 
himself. A greedy grafter is heartless and 
the world would move on much better 
without him. Oh, a man heartless enough 
to cheat and rob his fellow men! He is a 
def ( u'lned uk nister ! 

2. To win the present war, we should 
have not only the best physiques and 
brains, but the most moral and spiritual as 
leaders to insure (iod's presence with us, 
and too, as an incentive to our soldiers to 
guard against useless rashness and always 
reminded that it is, "in God we trust." 

3. We need healthy, stout, active, 
well trained, iiKH'al and religious soldiers. 
We should strive to get everyone to form 
fellowship with (iod, if he has not already 
fV)riiied it, and then bring to bear every 
means possible for his living like (lod re- 
quires. Instead of sending our soldiers 
from great feasts and dances where Ood is 
not oiilv not worshipped, but where He is 
insulted, if we would send them from ydaces 
of ]3rayers and good counsel, it would make 
it most certain that this most brutal wnr 
would soon end. Oh, just think of a bright. 



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buoyant young' man sent from the ball 
room to be shot without God! Just think of 
the thoughtlessness of the hearts that Avould 
dare to provide a dance for him and make 
him ])elieve that that is the last l)est place 
for him before he leaves his country for 
eternity — it may 1k^. Let all the means 
be used necessary to our soldiers' readi- 
ness to meet (Jod, and es])('cially to have 
Clod with them on the battlefield for their 
protection against the missiles of death, 
and their success in j^utting an immediate 
end to the most disgraceful l)rutality that 
has ever blackened our race. AVhat a vic- 
torious class our ])resent selects will prove 
themselves to l)e, if they will enter the bat- 
tlefield eml)oldened, empowered, and pro- 
tected by Almighty (Jod. No others would 
be needed. They Avould enter the war 
not with a don't care, but with a full con- 
sciousness of (lod's protection and help, 
and David-like win the war without delay. 
4. To win the Avar Ave should be 
united and each class liaA^e a proper respect 
for the other. We should striA^e to do aAvay 
AA'ith all bossings and each class have pro])- 
er a])preciation of the other so their shall 
not be any lackinus of confidence. No class 
of men can afford to trust that class of men 
Avho are striAnng to l)oss and rule all the 
rest. Such a class is uuAvoi'thy of confi- 
dence, and let that not be forgotten for- 



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ever. Any class that has the spirit of boss- 
ino- and drivino-, evinces that principle of 
selfishness and devilism that would subject 
all rights of others to its own profits and 
forceall power and authority of others un- 
der its own domination. Let each class of 
men respect properly the rights and im- 
portance of the others, and therefore, there 
will be no room for such devilry. Preach- 
ers, farmers, merchants, doctors, educators, 
bankers, railroaders, mechanics, etc., are 
all needed, and therefore, let neither class 
l)e guiltv of the low, mean, sneaking, sel- 
fish, cowardly, dogish practice of influenc- 
ing legislation and general sentiment in its 
own favor irrespective of the rights and 
prosperity of others. Any class that has 
such a mean, inexpressibly low, black, dirtv, 
filthv spirit to do such a thing, will sneak, 
misrej^resent, lie, rob, nnirder, in short; 
there is nothing too low and mean for it t(^ 
do, if it just can succeed and prevent anv 
loss or ruin to its own base self. Each can- 
didate for any office sh(nild denounce most 
bitterlv, and' also, expose any class th-n 
would dare to commit him to its devilism. 
Such a dirtv, filthy class is unworthy of 
existence, and hence should he disorganiz- 
ed and branded as unworthy of existence, 
and therefore, for i)roper unity in these 
times of great perils, let each and every 
class prove its worthiness of confidence by 



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fraiikiu'ss, sincerity, justice, goodness, 
love, and its ])itter hatred for anything 
that is sneaking, low, unjust, unkind, tyran- 
nical, and bossy. Just think of an American 
tyrant and boss! The infinitesimals needed 
in an effort to ex])ress his littleness and 
meanness after their shrivellings of his 
moral existence would flag imagination and 
force the conclusion that morally he is not 
even in the realm of infinitesimalities. An 
American boss and tyrant should shame the 
devils from his association, and force them 
to prepare an a])artment in hell for his as- 
sociation with the dogs, scorpions, spiders, 
h(U'nets and the hissing, rattling, biting, 
stinging venomous snakes that may he pe- 
culiar to that horrible region. True unity 
is when each and all desire, purpose, speak 
and do nothing but the honorable, just and 
clean thing, respecting the rights of all 
most rigidly. 

5. To win the war we should pray 
often and earnestly. In order to our ];)ray- 
ers being answered, we must live right and 
keep our hearts ck^an after God has cleans- 
ed th(an, for the Psalmist said: "If I regard 
iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear 
me." Psa. 66:18, and again it is written: 
"He that turneth away his ears from hear- 
ing the law, even his prayer shall? be 
abomination." Prov. 28:9; and also: "Now 
we know that (Jod heareth not sinners; but 



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if any man be a worshipper of (lod; and 
doetli his Avill, him he heareth." John 9:81. 
From these Scriptures it is clear enough 
that (rod will not regard favoral)ly any one's 
prayer for others Avho does not live aright. 
He will hear a poor sinner when he peni- 
tently cries for his own pardon and deliver- 
ance, but He will not hear him for others. 
If we break the Sabbath, cheat, charge too 
much for what we sell, charge to much for 
our work, discourteous, unkind, self-con- 
ceited, selfish, caring too nmch for our- 
selves and little (U* nothing for others, 
mean and sueaking, hurting others liecause 
we do not like them, dishonorable, rol^l)ers; 
in slKU't, if we wilfully do not live aright, 
our prayers will l)e im])udent and hateful 
to (lod, and therefore, let all who are not 
right with God, repent and l^eg Him to for- 
give them and pur])ose to live aright and 
(lod will regard and answer their prayers. 
Oh, He will end the brutal carnage and 
give us peace in a short i)eriod! Let all, 
therefore, get right so (lod can have right 
of way with us in all matters, and esjoec- 
ially the war just now. 

6. To win the war, preaching to the 
soldiers, food, money, clothes, etc., will be 
necessary, and therefore, we shall have to 
do our ]jRYt towards supplying whatever is 
needed; but let those who are well circum- 
stanced, not onlv contribute liberally, but 



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let tlicni guard against making it imneces- 
sarilly hard <»ii the poor and the unfortun- 
ate. Let them rememl.)er that if their giv- 
ing does not lessen their ta])le supplies and 
discontinue their luxuries, it is not to be 
compared to that of the poor who have to 
eat less and caimot afford any luxuries 
whatever in order to give supplies to the 
war. Let the rich and the poor have pro})er 
sympathy for each other and each class do 
the best that they can as one familv. Let 
extravagance in contracts, daily labor, food, 
clothing and in everything else be avoided. 
Let their be no vain l)oastings, for the Lord 
said: "Let not the wise man glory in his 
wisdom, neither let the might}^ man glory 
in his might, let not the rich man glory in 
his riches: But let him that glorieth glory 
in this, that he understandeth and knoweth 
me, that I am the I^ord which exerciseth 
loving kindness, judgment, and righteous- 
ness in the earth; for in these things I de- 
light, saith the Lord." Jer. 9:23,24 God's 
great desire is our right and holy living; 
our real love for Him, and then He will be 
free and unlimited in His care for us. 
Weapons, skill, food, money, clothing, etc., 
ma}^ be necessary in meeting and conquer- 
ing an enemy, but we should not glory in 
them, but in Tiod who is our real source of 
success. It is He who makes food stuffs 
grow, supports and ])rotects us, and gives 



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US victory over ourselves and even our en- 
emies. Let us have proper love and re- 
spect for our leaders and cheerfully obey 
them in right limits, and also let us prop- 
erly love and respect our soldiers on land, 
sea and in air, and rightly appreciate our 
flag, ships, sulimarines, airplanes, weapons, 
etc., but let us see rigidly to it that we make 
Gods of none, nor surrender an iota of vir- 
tue, honor, justice, or self respect to any. 
Let God be our (Jod, and on His altar let 
us with all that we are, have, or ever ex- 
pect to be and have, be placed to remain 
forever. Then we can truly say with Paul, 
Avho wrote: "Whether we live therefore, or 
die, we are the Lord's." Rom. 14:9. To be 
the Lord's is more tlian all else, and too, 
it is an assurance of all things, and hence 
Paul wrote: "All are yours." I. Cor. 8:22, 
and the Psalmist wr<»te: "Trust in the Lord 
and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land 
and verily thou shalt be fed." Psa. 37.8. Sol- 
omon also wrote: "When a man's ways 
please the liOrd, he niaketh even his enemies 
to be at peace with him." Prov. 16:7. Now let 
us therefore be the Lord's, and see to it that 
(mr ways please Him, because we obey Him, 
and hate the sin of worldly anmsements, 
sensual ])leasures, adultery, greed. Sabbath 
desecrati( )ns, intemperance, dishonesty, 
cheathig, lying, stealing, disobeying par- 
ents, tyranny, sneaking, robbery, selfish- 



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iiess, vain pride, laziness, glutton v, self -in- 
dulgences, filtliiness, profanit}^ envy, mur- 
der and all other sins, and our enemies 
will fear us and be glad to l)e at peace 
with us. The present inmameable l)utcli- 
ery will come to an innnediate end. The 
Almighty, Just, Holy, Merciful, All-wise, 
Omnipresent, Omniscient, Eternal, Infin- 
itely (Jood, Sinless (!od oiu* Holy Father, 
end the unnameable curse immediately and 
forever. Let each and every one trust (iod 
and do his ])art, and we have nothing to 
dread. Amen ! 






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